These indicators describe the health status of Māori in New Zealand, and factors that influence health
Tobacco use
Current smoking, daily smoking
Alcohol use
Hazardous drinking
Nutrition and physical activity
Fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity
Obesity and body size
Obesity, overweight, healthy weight, underweight
Cancer
Lung cancer, breast cancer, bowel cancer, prostate cancer, melanoma skin cancer
Cardiovascular health
Ischaemic heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol
Diabetes
Diabetes prevalence
Respiratory conditions
Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Mental health
Psychological distress, diagnosed mental health illnesses, self-harm, suicide
Chronic pain and musculoskeletal disease
Chronic pain, arthritis, gout, musculoskeletal disease
Injuries
Falls, road traffic injuries
Oral health
Dental caries, visits to dental health care worker
Access to health care
Access to primary health care use, potentially avoidable hospitalisations, avoidable mortality
Explore our interactive data
This dashboard lets you explore regional data about the health status of Māori in New Zealand.
This dashboard is being reviewed. A new version with up-to-date data is under development. The latest New Zealand Health Survey data can be accessed directly from the Ministry of Health.
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About the indicators
These indicators come from the Ministry of Health’s New Zealand Health Survey, and from our analysis of the Ministry of Health’s National Collections datasets (National Minimum Dataset, New Zealand Cancer Registry, and the New Zealand Mortality Collection). For more information, see the Resources page.
These indicators provide supporting information for the New Zealand Environmental Health Intelligence (EHI) programme. For more information about the EHI programme, visit www.ehinz.ac.nz.